Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus denounce pressure to abandon European Super League
3 years, 8 months ago

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus denounce pressure to abandon European Super League

The Hindu  

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, the three clubs still involved in the proposed European Super League, denounced on Saturday the "intolerable" pressure put on them by UEFA to drop the project. "The founding clubs have suffered, and continue to suffer, unacceptable third-party pressures, threats, and offenses to abandon the project," Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus said in a joint statement. "This is intolerable under the rule of law and Tribunals have already ruled in favour of the Super League proposal, ordering FIFA and UEFA to, either directly or through their affiliated bodies, refrain from taking any action which may hinder this initiative in any way while court proceedings are pending." The nine clubs who pulled out of the Super League have agreed to "take all steps within their power" to end their involvement in the league.

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Juventus WITHDRAW from Super League plan and request to re-join European Club Association in climbdown from controversial plot... leaving just Barcelona and Real Madrid as final breakaway agitators
7 months, 1 week ago

Juventus WITHDRAW from Super League plan and request to re-join European Club Association in climbdown from controversial plot... leaving just Barcelona and Real Madrid as final breakaway agitators

Daily Mail  

Juventus have withdrawn from the European Super League plot in a hammer blow for the controversial breakaway competition. It leaves just Barcelona and Real Madrid standing from the original 12 clubs who proposed the European Super league in 2021. Juventus have withdrawn from the European Super League plot three years after it launched Their exit leaves just Barcelona and Real …

Uefa hits back at European Super League after European Court of Justice ruling
1 year ago

Uefa hits back at European Super League after European Court of Justice ruling

The Independent  

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Soccer’s Super League revived by court ruling against FIFA and UEFA. Many top clubs still against it
1 year ago

Soccer’s Super League revived by court ruling against FIFA and UEFA. Many top clubs still against it

Associated Press  

European soccer was rocked by a court ruling that revived the rebel Super League on Thursday, though it wasn’t clear whether any clubs were joining Real Madrid and Barcelona in the breakaway project. “The world of football moved on from the Super League years ago and progressive reforms will continue,” said the European Club Association which represents Europe’s top football …

Premier League clubs set for fresh split as Super League tensions resurface ahead of crunch meeting
1 year, 1 month ago

Premier League clubs set for fresh split as Super League tensions resurface ahead of crunch meeting

The Independent  

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Juventus plans to leave Super League project after season of legal turmoil
1 year, 7 months ago

Juventus plans to leave Super League project after season of legal turmoil

Associated Press  

TURIN, Italy — Juventus plans to leave the Super League project still being pursued by Real Madrid and Barcelona, though the club denied Tuesday it had been threatened with a European ban by UEFA. The three storied clubs are awaiting a ruling expected within weeks from the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg into their legal challenge against what they …

Real Madrid to focus on rebuilding its attack after losing Benzema
1 year, 7 months ago

Real Madrid to focus on rebuilding its attack after losing Benzema

Associated Press  

MADRID — Real Madrid goes into the offseason knowing it will need to boost its attack after losing Karim Benzema and other forwards. “That’s where we have to act and we’re going to do it without any rush,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. We’re looking for a striker who can score goals and link up well with the others.” Ancelotti …

Barcelona and Real Madrid, hated rivals who need each other more than ever
1 year, 10 months ago

Barcelona and Real Madrid, hated rivals who need each other more than ever

New York Times  

This article was originally published on January 9, 2023 It’s a frosty December morning in Madrid. A politician turned ultra-successful businessman, Perez leveraged the feelings stirred by the Clasico divide to become Madrid president in 2000, winning that election by promising to “steal” Barcelona’s best player, Luis Figo. When Josep Maria Bartomeu was Barcelona president, from 2014-20, he often blamed …

Revised Version of European Super League Set To Return With 80 Football Teams
1 year, 11 months ago

Revised Version of European Super League Set To Return With 80 Football Teams

News 18  

The initial plans of holding a breakaway European Super League had to be dumped after the organisers faced severe backlash from the fans of the involved football teams. Bernd Reichart, chief executive of A22 Sports, a company designed to sponsor and formulate plans for the new league, recently underlined the significance to have a separate European football competition. The football …

European Super League ‘progressing’, says Barcelona’s Laporta
1 year, 11 months ago

European Super League ‘progressing’, says Barcelona’s Laporta

The Hindu  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta on Thursday said plans to create a European Super League were “progressing” and expected a favourable court ruling for the breakaway competition fiercely opposed by UEFA and FIFA. “Participating clubs should remain fully committed to domestic tournaments as they do today,” A22 added, after critics said the Super League sought to rival national leagues and UEFA-organised …

European Super League Q&A: What are the plans? What happens next? What about Champions League?
1 year, 11 months ago

European Super League Q&A: What are the plans? What happens next? What about Champions League?

Daily Mail  

Following the disastrous launch of the Super League project in April 2021, a revised proposal which could reshape the future of European football was revealed on Thursday morning. The 10 principles for a European Super League An open competition with several leagues based on sporting merit Clubs involved remain committed to national competitions Greater distribution of financial resources to improve …

Super League organizers set out 80-team competition idea
1 year, 11 months ago

Super League organizers set out 80-team competition idea

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Organizers of the Super League project presented a long-promised new proposal Thursday for a multi-division competition involving up to 80 European soccer teams and operating outside of UEFA’s authority. Setting out 10 principles for the project, Spain-based A22 Sports Management said it had talked to “nearly 50 European clubs” about the revived proposal two years after the original …

A new plan for an 80-team European Super League announced by ESL Management firm
1 year, 11 months ago

A new plan for an 80-team European Super League announced by ESL Management firm

The Hindu  

A future European Super League could include as many as 80 teams, Bernd Reichart, the chief executive of A22 Sports Management, a company formed to sponsor and assist in the creation of a breakaway football league, said on Thursday. “Feedback suggests a European football league that is open, based solely on sporting merit, multidivisional with 60 to 80 clubs and …

Super League to be killed off as European judges are told to favour Uefa
2 years ago

Super League to be killed off as European judges are told to favour Uefa

The Telegraph  

The European Super League rebel three of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus have been dealt a huge blow in their legal case against Uefa’s monopoly when the expert advice to judges was that the governing body has legitimate power over club competitions. The ESL rebel three had sought to overturn Uefa’s historic right to organise club competitions, such as the …

LaLiga would be ‘bankrupt’ if Real Madrid and Barcelona join European Super League
2 years, 1 month ago

LaLiga would be ‘bankrupt’ if Real Madrid and Barcelona join European Super League

The Independent  

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Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus make fresh attempt to force through European Super League
2 years, 3 months ago

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus make fresh attempt to force through European Super League

The Telegraph  

The original founders of the European Super League, which crashed spectacularly last year, will sound out clubs across Europe in the next few months over a potential new format for their competition, having abandoned their original plan to have permanent members. The three rebel ESL clubs still pursuing Uefa through the European courts - Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus - …

Real Madrid president Perez says fans are drifting away from football
2 years, 3 months ago

Real Madrid president Perez says fans are drifting away from football

The Hindu  

Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said European football is “sick” and that changes are needed to stop younger fans drifting away from the sport, again touting the prospect of a Super League made up of the continent’s elite clubs. Perez is one of the key architects of the European Super League, which folded less than 48 hours after it was …

Super League clubs face UEFA in soccer’s big legal match
2 years, 6 months ago

Super League clubs face UEFA in soccer’s big legal match

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A group of top soccer clubs face Champions League organizer UEFA in court on Monday for a legal match that risks the biggest upheaval in European soccer for more than 25 years. The Super League project failed at launch 15 months ago but the company formed by the 12 rebel clubs — now led by Real Madrid, Barcelona …

Juve's Agnelli takes aim at Champions League in another call for change
3 years, 2 months ago

Juve's Agnelli takes aim at Champions League in another call for change

The Hindu  

Juventus chairman and founder of the proposed European Super League Andrea Agnelli said on Friday that he "challenges anyone" to say that current system of professional football is satisfactory, as he again called for reform. Nine rebel clubs who had quickly pulled out of the breakaway, including Manchester United and Liverpool, agreed to pay a combined 22 million pounds to …

Barcelona backed Super League due to FFP concerns: CEO
3 years, 3 months ago

Barcelona backed Super League due to FFP concerns: CEO

The Hindu  

Barcelona's CEO has said the club supported the European Super League to enforce tighter financial controls on teams as UEFA's financial fair play model plays into the hands of state-backed clubs such as Paris St. Germain and Manchester City. The rules came under scrutiny following Qatari-backed PSG's transfer activities last summer, in which they signed Barca's all-time top scorer Lionel …

UEFA Drops Case against European Super League Rebels
3 years, 3 months ago

UEFA Drops Case against European Super League Rebels

News 18  

UEFA says that it is dropping its disciplinary case against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus over their involvement in the controversial European Super League, to comply with a ruling from a Madrid court. UEFA, which had been pursuing the three clubs over what it called a potential violation of UEFA’s legal framework, also said that it “will not request payment” …

Champions League: Real Madrid aim to defy power shift and assert themselves in Europe again
3 years, 3 months ago

Champions League: Real Madrid aim to defy power shift and assert themselves in Europe again

Firstpost  

Madrid reached the semi-finals last season but were resoundingly beaten by Chelsea, whose 3-1 win on aggregate would have been more emphatic had they not missed a cluster of chances in the second leg. Madrid: After winning the Champions League three years in a row, Real Madrid have gone three years without getting close, the task now belonging to Carlo …

Barcelona President Joan Laporta Insists European Super League Still Alive
3 years, 4 months ago

Barcelona President Joan Laporta Insists European Super League Still Alive

News 18  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta has insisted that the Super League project is still alive, despite the withdrawal earlier this year of the majority of founding clubs. The other nine have all withdrawn and signed agreements with UEFA prohibiting them from repeating their actions, but Laporta said Barca were still moving forwards with the plans. The three clubs who are defending …

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus LEFT OUT of UEFA Convention due to Super League
3 years, 4 months ago

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus LEFT OUT of UEFA Convention due to Super League

Daily Mail  

The three clubs who remain committed to the idea of a Super League have not been invited to take part in key meetings next week over the future shape of European football. Plans for the Super League were met with fury by English football fans back in April It is no great surprise considering the ongoing legal dispute between UEFA …

Super League Rebels Planning Next Coup Attempt
3 years, 4 months ago

Super League Rebels Planning Next Coup Attempt

News 18  

The three remaining Super League rebel clubs – Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus – are planning another next attempt to replace UEFA’s elite Champions League competition, according to German magazine Spiegel. However, Spiegel reports the remaining rebel clubs – Real, Barcelona and Juventus – are working with two consultancy agencies on their next attempt at launching a “Super League 2.0”. …

6 Premier League Clubs Want Florentino Perez to Dissolve the Company Behind Disastrous European Super League
3 years, 7 months ago

6 Premier League Clubs Want Florentino Perez to Dissolve the Company Behind Disastrous European Super League

News 18  

The drama created by the proposed European Super League came and went in less than a span of a week. The six Premier League clubs who were involved in the European Super League are reportedly planning to ask Real Madrid boss Florentino Perez to ask the company to launch the multi-billion Euro project, ESPN reported. The proposed scheme also involved …

Rebel Super League clubs slam UEFA's disciplinary proceedings, say won't accept 'coercion'
3 years, 7 months ago

Rebel Super League clubs slam UEFA's disciplinary proceedings, say won't accept 'coercion'

Firstpost  

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus also defended their attempt to remake European football, saying the sport is headed for an “inevitable downfall” unless there are major reforms. The three clubs also defended their attempt to remake European football, saying the sport is headed for an “inevitable downfall” unless there are major reforms. “Either we reform football or we will have …

Cavani accuses failed Super League plans of depriving 'more modest teams' a shot at Champions League
3 years, 7 months ago

Cavani accuses failed Super League plans of depriving 'more modest teams' a shot at Champions League

Daily Mail  

Edinson Cavani has launched a scathing attack on his own bosses at Manchester United following the failed European Super League plans, accusing them of trying to deprive 'more modest teams' a chance to play in the Champions League. The club's Glazer owners were at the forefront of plans to create a breakaway Super League along with fellow Premier League sides …

UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus
3 years, 7 months ago

UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus

The Hindu  

European soccer's governing body UEFA has opened a disciplinary investigation into Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus over its attempts to launch a breakaway Super League. "UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary inspectors have today appointed to conduct a disciplinary investigation regarding a potential violation of UEFA's legal framework by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus in connection with the so-called 'Super League' project," …

UEFA opening 'disciplinary investigation' against Super League rebels Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus
3 years, 7 months ago

UEFA opening 'disciplinary investigation' against Super League rebels Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus

Daily Mail  

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus as they seek to punish the European Super League rebels. Lionel Messi's Barcelona could face a two year ban from the Champions League as UEFA open a 'disciplinary investigation' into them, Real Madrid and Juventus The Real Madrid president Florentino Perez was a driving force behind the Super League …

Italy's Juve to be excluded from Serie A if still involved in Super League - federation head
3 years, 8 months ago

Italy's Juve to be excluded from Serie A if still involved in Super League - federation head

The Hindu  

Italy's Juventus will be excluded from the next Serie A championship season should the Italian football club decide to stay in the proposed European Super League, the head of the national football federation said on Monday. At the time of registration for the next Serie A championship the club will be excluded if they decide not to withdraw from the …

9 Super League clubs accept UEFA fines, 3 rebels face bans
3 years, 8 months ago

9 Super League clubs accept UEFA fines, 3 rebels face bans

Associated Press  

Only nine of the 12 European clubs who launched an ill-fated bid to form a Super League have agreed to a peace deal with UEFA and accepted being fined millions of dollars. “The same cannot be said for the clubs that remain involved in the so-called ‘Super League,’ and UEFA will deal with those clubs subsequently.” Ceferin previously told The …

Real Madrid, Barca and Juve to face sanctions; nine other Super League defectors sign deal with UEFA
3 years, 8 months ago

Real Madrid, Barca and Juve to face sanctions; nine other Super League defectors sign deal with UEFA

The Hindu  

The three teams that remain involved in the breakaway Super League operation, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus, will face sanctions from UEFA, which has reached an agreement with the nine other clubs. "The same cannot be said for the clubs that remain involved in the so-called ‘Super League’ and UEFA will deal with those clubs subsequently," he added. "UEFA has …

The dirty dozen: How the European Super League lost steam
3 years, 8 months ago

The dirty dozen: How the European Super League lost steam

The Hindu  

In an already tumultuous world, the announcement of 12 top European clubs to cut their umbilical link to the game and their fans to open an invitation-only, exclusive rich-boys club — the European Super League — on April 18 sent the football world in even more despair. TIMELINE - A dramatic rise and swift fall of the European Super League …

Real Madrid not thinking about any Super League sanctions, says Zinedine Zidane
3 years, 8 months ago

Real Madrid not thinking about any Super League sanctions, says Zinedine Zidane

The Hindu  

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said on Monday he was not thinking about any sanctions against the club from UEFA in the wake of the European Super League announcement last week. The breakaway league involving 12 of Europe's major club collapsed within three days of its announcement amid a fierce backlash from fans, governing bodies and politicians. "It's absurd to …

Juventus acted openly in European Super League talks, says director Paratic
3 years, 8 months ago

Juventus acted openly in European Super League talks, says director Paratic

The Hindu  

Juventus managing director Fabio Paratici said on Sunday that the Italian club acted with clarity during their involvement in setting up the failed European Super League. The Turin club was one of 12 founding members of the breakaway league when it was announced last Sunday, alongside fellow Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan. READ: Eleven Serie A clubs …

Super League: English clubs ‘cannot leave’ due to binding contract, says Florentino Perez
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League: English clubs ‘cannot leave’ due to binding contract, says Florentino Perez

The Independent  

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European Super League: All 12 Clubs bound by contract; project will happen in 'near future', says Real Madrid president
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: All 12 Clubs bound by contract; project will happen in 'near future', says Real Madrid president

Firstpost  

Real Madrid’s president insists all 12 clubs that signed up for the ill-fated Super League are still bound by contract to launching the controversial breakaway of Europe’s elite soccer teams. In an interview with Spanish sports daily AS on Saturday, Madrid president Florentino Pérez said the clubs can’t back out like some have announced. “If something needs to be changed, …

Serie A clubs call for Italy's three ESL teams to be punished
3 years, 8 months ago

Serie A clubs call for Italy's three ESL teams to be punished

The Hindu  

Eleven Serie A clubs have called for AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus to face consequences for their involvement in the failed European Super League project. AS Roma, Torino, Bologna, Genoa, Sampdoria, Sassuolo, Spezia, Benevento, Crotone, Parma and Cagliari co-signed a letter addressed to league president Paolo Dal Pino, according to Italian news agency ANSA. The letter calls for an …

The Hindu Explains | Why did plans for a European Super League collapse in just 48 hours?
3 years, 8 months ago

The Hindu Explains | Why did plans for a European Super League collapse in just 48 hours?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last Sunday, 12 of Europe’s biggest clubs resolved to form The Super League, a multi-billion-dollar tournament to be largely played among a closed group of 20 teams. But UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin told the Associated Press on Friday that the Spanish and Italian teams still clinging on to the Super League risk being banned from the …

Super League fiasco gives clubs open goal to reset with UEFA
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League fiasco gives clubs open goal to reset with UEFA

The Hindu  

Purged of most of its leaders in the Super League fiasco this week, the group representing European football clubs was given a chance to reinvent itself. RELATED| PSG president to lead European clubs after Super League turmoil “This could be the best that has happened to football,” said Olivier Jarosz, a former ECA staffer whose consultancy firm Club Affairs advises …

Chelsea tell fans club regrets Super League move
3 years, 8 months ago

Chelsea tell fans club regrets Super League move

The Hindu  

Chelsea told its supporters on Friday that the club regretted joining the short-lived European Super League project that collapsed within 48 hours of being announced, while Tottenham Hotspur fans called on their club's board to resign immediately. But following a storm of protests and threats of sanctions from the game's European and world governing bodies, the Super League said it …

Ceferin warns 4 clubs to reject Super League to avoid CL ban
3 years, 8 months ago

Ceferin warns 4 clubs to reject Super League to avoid CL ban

Associated Press  

The Spanish and Italian clubs still clinging to the Super League must disavow the breakaway or face being banned from the Champions League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin told The Associated Press on Friday. Although the Super League imploded this week after being rapidly abandoned by most participants, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and AC Milan have not left the project and …

Super League is a unique opportunity to ruin football: La Liga president Tebas
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League is a unique opportunity to ruin football: La Liga president Tebas

The Hindu  

The La Liga president Javier Tebas said that the attempt to have the breakaway European Super League is a unique opportunity to ruin football and the reforms agreed for the UEFA Champions League is the way ahead. READ | "I have always maintained that the concept of European Super League was a unique opportunity to ruin football. The English clubs …

European Super League: 'Absolutely necessary', Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintains support for tournament
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: 'Absolutely necessary', Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintains support for tournament

Firstpost  

The Super League was announced by a dozen top clubs in Europe but quickly collapsed and is now officially backed only by Barcelona and Real Madrid. Barcelona: Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintained his support for the Super League on Thursday despite the quick exit of 10 of the 12 founding clubs in the breakaway competition. “We defend our national leagues …

Barcelona maintains support of Super League despite backlash
3 years, 8 months ago

Barcelona maintains support of Super League despite backlash

The Hindu  

Barcelona president Joan Laporta maintained his support for the Super League on Thursday despite the quick exit of 10 of the 12 founding club in the breakaway competition. The Super League, which provoked a backlash by other club, fans and authorities around Europe, was announced by a dozen top club in England, Spain and Italy on Sunday, but it quickly …

Super League news LIVE: Barcelona and Real Madrid only clubs left standing after Premier League ‘big six’ lead mass exodus
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League news LIVE: Barcelona and Real Madrid only clubs left standing after Premier League ‘big six’ lead mass exodus

The Independent  

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Italian federation not to punish clubs for Super League
3 years, 8 months ago

Italian federation not to punish clubs for Super League

The Hindu  

The Italian football federation will not punish Juventus and the Milan clubs for their involvement in the failed attempt to launch a Super League. “Absolutely not, you can’t punish an idea that wasn’t carried out,” said FIGC president Gabriele Gravina when asked if he would impose sanctions on the three Serie A clubs. The Super League project was abandoned by …

Super League backer says breakaway competition is on standby
3 years, 8 months ago

Super League backer says breakaway competition is on standby

The Hindu  

The European Super League is far from dead and its clubs have not given up on the idea of the breakaway competition despite having to shelve the project just a few days after it was announced, Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez said on Thursday. He said the Super League is on “standby” and the group is open to discussing ideas …

European Super League: Project not doomed, only 'on stand-by', says Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez
3 years, 8 months ago

European Super League: Project not doomed, only 'on stand-by', says Real Madrid chief Florentino Perez

Firstpost  

Madrid: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez insisted on Wednesday that the European Super League was not doomed, but merely “on stand-by.” “The project is on stand-by. Something will come out that the world thinks is the best.” Perez said Barcelona, Real’s great rivals, are “thinking about it.” “I am sad and disappointed. “There was someone in the English group, who …

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